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Ramses III had throat slashed, researchers discover

Finding suggests pharaoh was killed in 'harem conspiracy'

Published: 12/20/2012 at 12:28 AM

(International Business Times) Researchers have discovered that the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses III died after his throat was slit.

The pharaoh’s death has been shrouded in mystery and speculation for centuries; however, a report published Monday in the British medical journal BMJ suggests that he may, in fact, have been assassinated by family members, as has often been thought.